Mine detail: Amatrice Hill Variscite Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.45688, -112.51275

Resource(N)

Primary: Gemstone
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1908

Geology

Host rock:Qquirrh Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Tectonic:Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:Argillization, Limonitization

References

MRDSD008443
DEP10087643
Reference{Deposit:: DOELLING H. H., 1976, AMATRICE HILL VARISAITE DEPOSIT, TOOELE COUNTRY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P.13-22.}{Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1973, AMATRICE HILL VARISCITE DEPOSIT, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 74, 2P.}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON UGMS-REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 7}{Production:: DOELLING, H. H., 1973, AMATRICE HILL VARISCITE DEPOSIT TOOELE CO., UTAH: GEOLOGY V. 3, NO. 1, P. 13-22.}
ReporterMessenger, Harold M. III